The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-05-19
Vermont News.
The Tragic Death Of John Il. Fnssett
and His Wife Mt MOretOwn.

The Tragic Death Of John Il. Fnssett
and His Wife Mt Moretown.
John B. Fassett and wife, aged
about 60 years, was burned in their
mills in Moretown Sunday night.
The saw mill, grist mill and box
factory, which were connected took
fire from heated arbor in the box
factory but the fire was supposed to
have been all eXtinguished. Fassett
and his wife then went to bed in their
rooms over the saw mill. At two o.
clock Sunday morning the village was
aroused, the mills being nearly con-
sumed by fire. The remains of Mrs.
Fassett were found on the edge of
the river, near the saw mill, burned
to crisp. The remains of Mr..
Fassett were found in the ruins.
Their rooms over the saw mill were
thirty feet from the ground on the
front side and 40 feet above the
river, on the back side, and the fire
in the box factory cut off all means
of escape, except by jumping from
the windows. The loss on the build
ing is $4,000.
Richard Hamley, an old man who,
with his wife, has been an inmate of
the poor house of Middlebury for
several years, committed suicide there
Sunday night or early Monday morn
ing, by cutting his throat with a IA
zor. Hamley was 20 odd years of
age, and rather clever old man.
He had been in i'll health for about
two months, and it is suspected that
he was somewhat out of his head.
Although there is not much room to
doubt that it is a case of suicide, an
inquest will be held.
Hon. Henry Lane Of Cornwall
died at that place Monday very sud
denly. He had appeared to be in his
usual healt in the morning, and his
death was wholly unexpected. Judge
Lane was GO years of age and was
one of tho largest farmers in Corn
wall, and one of the best known mel
in Addison county.
While some men were clearing ou
the marble mill fume Wednesday
afternoon at Swanton they found thu
little son of David Gouthier wedget
into the rock with some drift wood
!. The child was dead, but how long thu
J body had lain in the water Or how thu
little fellow got there is unknown.
The Vermont Granite company o
, Barre is now employing 10 men.
The Boston papers announce tn
failure in that city of Daniel L. Mil
iken, publisher. He formerly resided
at Brandon and Brattleboro, publish
e ing the Vermont Record upward o
e 20 years ago.
The postmaster general has ap
pointed George W. Davis postmas
ter at East Orange and Franci
! Marthen at East Hubbardton.
All conditions imposed by the &C
of congress appropriating $4,000
towards the completion of the battl
monument at Bennington havin
been complied with, including the ap
proval of the design by the secretar
of state, the secretary of the treasur
has directed that an account be start
, ed with the governor Of Vermont
f and that the money appropriated b
congress be placed to his credit.
Bellows Falls, at a special tow
| meeting held last week Wednesda
a voted not to fit up room in the ncy
town hall building for the use of tn
, postoffice. 1t is said that there ar
II liquor saloons within one mile 0
the postoflice.
The Vermont State Eclectic Med
zeal society will hold its 22d annua
meeting at the state house in Mont
pelier Wednesday and Thursday
June | and 2.
r New Orleans is said to be the par
4 adise of the negroes, from the com
e Portable lives they lead. While il
: the cane and cotton growing region.
5 wages are small and poverty pinches
a there is in the Crescent City larg,
T and prosperous class. 1t is claimed
D that there are no colored beggars
e The blacks use every variety of de
S vice for securing living and hell